Free Iraq!

AUTHOR(S)

Ofstedahl, Jeff

PUB. DATE

April 2003

SOURCE

Echo Magazine;4/10/2003, Vol. 14 Issue 15, p10

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Presents views on the war in Iraq. Details on the anti-war protest demonstrations in the U.S.; Information on the innocent victims during the war in Iraq; Views of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force on the war in Iraq.

ACCESSION #

10129700

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